Film
Short, Stunning Celluloid
Short on length but long on talent, the Oscar-nominated short films are usually gems of wonder. Trouble is, no one gets to see them. They don’t play in movie houses and the actual Oscar presentation for these films usually gets cut out of the Oscar telecast.
Talk about getting no respect.
Screenwriting Class
There’s an old adage that character is story. Sounds good. After all, what is a story without a bunch of folks doing stuff to advance the plot. But what then is character? And even more important, how to get someone to care about the characters you invent.
A resource for emergency response and safety personnel for over two decades, the DVD-based program Sodium Hydroxide & Potassium Hydroxide has been updated and rereleased by the Edgartown company Emergency Film Group.
Sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are the two most widely used caustics, strong alkaline chemicals corrosive to many materials including human tissue. These caustics also have been used in the illegal manufacture of homemade bottle bombs, a recent problem for first responders.
Remember when you first met Mars Blackmon and Nola Darling? That was about 1986 and Mars was out begging for some action. “Please baby please. Please baby, baby please.”
It was the start of a career that has made headlines ever since.
But perhaps time has clouded the experience or maybe nothing you’ve read so far has made any sense at all. In either case, it is definitely time to head to the Edgartown library for the next four Sundays.
Fire Breathing and Fun Loving
The three-D kids’ flick How to Train Your Dragon this week won three Visual Effects Society awards, including outstanding animation, so it’s definitely one to see on the big screen rather than popping in the DVD in the living room when the ankle-biters are getting too antsy.
Lucky, then, that the Capawock Theatre is hosting a special matinee screening on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m.
The final Family, Film, Feast event of the season takes place Saturday, Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center.
Those who attended the last go-around earlier this month are still rubbing our stomachs filled joyfully with Indian food care of Kitchen Porch and Slow Food. Those who were otherwise occupied would be well served to check out what they’ve been missing.